Sri Lanka beat Australia by four wickets in the third One-Day International (ODI) at Brisbane on Friday.

Nuwan Kulasekara and Lasith Malinga ripped apart the Australian batting line-up as an inspired Sri Lanka shot out the hosts for a paltry 74 in 26.4 overs, and chased down the target in 20 overs but not before losing more than half of their side.

Kushal Perera remained unbeaten on 22 off 28 balls and Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 22 off 33 to lead Sri Lanka's reply.

Mitchell Johnson led Australia's pace attack with the figures of 3-0-11-3, while Mitchell Starc, who earlier contributed with the bat, bagged 2/25 off his seven overs.

First Published on January 18, 2013, 7:31 pmLast updated on January 18, 2013, 7:31 pm